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SWITCH, FROG, GUARD RAIL, AND CROSSING FLANCE AND CLEANER.

No. 319,314. PatentedJune'Z, 1885-.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatemi; No.3l9,3l4l, dated .Tune2, 1885.

.Application filed February 18, ISHS. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known th at I, CHARLES CALviN QUINN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Fargo, in the county of Cass and 'Territory ofDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Switch,Frog, Guard-Rail, and Crossing Flange and Clearer, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanyingdrawings.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in langecutters,tread clearers, and excavators for railroads; also in a lock andlateral-motion journal end stop and box.

My object is to provide a dirt, sand, ice, and snow clearing mechanismfor railroads,by means of which switch-rails, frog-rails, and planks andrails at crossings can be cleared, as will be fully understood from thefollowing description, when taken in connection with the annexeddrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved devices.Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof 5 Fig. 3, a vertical longitudinalsection through.

Fig. 1 in a plane through the journal-boxes. Fig. 4 is a detail of thelevers and automatic locking devices.

B designates a suitable frame, G G, the carwheels; C C, the pedestals.

To each end of the frame B, and as close as possible to the wheels Gr G,vertical timbers P P are rigidly secured and sustained by means offoot-braces L.

In front of the timbers l?, and in close relation thereto, are threadedsquare bars F, and to the lower ends of these bars are securedflange-cutters U, (shown clearly in Fig. 2,) for the purpose of clearingbetween and below the surfaces of the switches, frogs, guardrails,

at crossings, and other places on the road.

In front of the threaded bars F, and at a suitable distance above thelower end of the cutters U, are perpendicular treadclearers C O, whichare suitably secured to said bars and arranged as close as possible tothe tops of the rails J. The perpendicular tread-clearers O C arearranged at an angle of about thirty-five degrees with respect to theline of rails, and immediately above said clearers U U are conicalscoops or deflectors 2, secured to the bars F. 'These bars are providedwith screw-threaded portions on their upper ends, which pass throughguides K and lugs E,

which are secured to the timbers B l?, and are vertically adjustable bymeans of nuts M on the top and bottom of the lugs E, which nuts aid inresisting the shocks to the ilange-cutter and tread-clearer when broughtin violent contact with dirt, sand, ice, and snow. A very accuratevertical adjustment of the hangeeutter and track-clearer can be effectedbythe manipulation of said nuts.

- As close as possible to two of the wheels G G are arrangedfunnelshaped excavators 18 13, which are secured to the frame B by meansof perpendicular bars 3 3, which are threaded for the reception of nuts6, and suitably guided. The funnel excavators can be adj ustedindependently of each other. The said excavators are held suspended bychains 7 7, attached to arms on a tumblingshaft, 8, which has itsbearings on vertical timbers 9. The longer or upright arm of the shaft 8is connected by a rod to a horizontal lever, 10, applied to an automaticlocking device, 11, on top of a vertical timber, 12. 'The excavators 18are so shaped and arranged as to guide and convey dirt, Ste., off thetrack, and by means of the Scrapers 13` the rails are cleared. When theexcavators are designed to clear below the rail tops, they are operatedby lever 10, and held in position, when desired, by the locking devices11, and when clearing above the: track the excavators are rigidly heldby the nuts 6 6.

The automatic locking device consists of a circular plate, 15, securedby brackets 16 to the top of the timber 12. To the plate 15 the lever 10is pivoted at 17. (See Fig. 4.) 18 is a tongue attached to the plate 15.19 is a spring secured to the tongue 18, on the under side of whichspring is alip, 20. By the pressure of the spring 19 its lip is helddown, and the lever 10 is held in place by the angular lever 22, whichis pivoted to the circular plate 15 and attached to said spring by aneye, 23. The levers 10 and 22 can be moved by ropes 24.and 25,extendingto the cab ofthe locomotive.

The adjustable lateral motion and end stops and j ournal-box shown inFig. 3 are constructa ed as follows: The journal-box at the outer end ofeach axle is provided with a top bearingblock, a feed-opening forlubrication, and an endwise adjusting device consisting of the followingelements: d designates a ,journal-box IOO provided with a cylinder, apiston end stop m, set-screw c, set-nut u, and piston end stop m,bearingagainst the axle-j ournalp. By manipulating the set-screws c an accurateadjustment of the ange-cutters with respect to the rails .I can beeffected.

It will be observed by reference to Fig. 1 that I secure to the verticaltimbers l? l? brooms R R, which are arranged to sweep the rails.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new isl. In combinationwith the continuouslyperpendicular flange-cutter U, tread-clearer O,funnel-excavator 13, conical scoop 2, perpendicular threaded square barF, and the threaded bar 3, substantially as described.

, 2. In combination with a railroad-track, the funnel-shapedsurface-clearers adjustable, as described..

3. The combination, in a railway track clearer for cars, of aperpendicular iiange-cutter and tread-clearer of a funnel-shapedexcavator, adj ustable to cut above and below the faces of the rails,substantially as described.

4. The combination of the flange cutters, the tread-clearers, verticallyadjustable, the funnel-shaped excavators adapted to be lifted overswitches, and an automatic lock, substantially as described.

5. In a track-clearer, the overhanging deflector 2 and angularperpendicular clearer, in combination with the vertically-adj ustablebar F and a car, substantially as described.

6. rIhe combination, with a car, of vertically independently-adjustablefunnels 13, suspended flexibly from a rock-shaft, 8, substantially asdescribed.

7. rl`he combination, in a railway -track clearer, of a truck-framewhich is laterally adj ustable on'its axles, substantially as described.

8. The combination, with a car-frame, of the surface-rail clearers andthe conical chutes 2, braced and adjustable, as described.

9. The combination,with a car-frame,of the surface-clearer, the cutterU, braced and adj ustable, as described, and the vertical timber I), asspecified.

10. The combination, in a railway -track clearer, of a curvedsurface-deiiector,a clearer, U, and a broom arranged to operate asdescribed.

1-1. The combination, with the funnel exca- Vator, adjustable, asdescribed, of the tooth 131'-, substantially as specified.

12. The combination, in a railway track clearer, of the vertical stayedtimbers P, the

adjustable bars F, the guides therefor, the rail ange-cutters U, thebrooms, andthe surfaceclearers, as described.

13. A railway-truck frame laterally adj ustable on its axles, incombination with vertical frog and side rail-clearers, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLESA CALVIN QUINN.

Witnesses:

H. C. SOUTHARD, Onlus W. FRANcIs.

